Bible and Hermeneutics
Hermeneutics and Teaching Children
Here is an interesting post by John Walton about children’s Bible curricula.
If we are negligent of sound hermeneutics when we teach Bible to children, should it be any wonder that when they get into youth groups, Bible studies and become adults in the church, that they do not know how to derive the authoritative teaching [...]
The Centrality of the Gospel
Lee Irons has a nice post about 1 Cor. 15. Here are a couple of highlights.
What is the gospel?” Paul answers the question by pointing to the central reality of substitutionary atonement (”that Christ died for our sins”), as well as his burial and resurrection on the third day, confirming that his sacrifice of atonement [...]
Heed the Warning
My work in Hebrews (and the General epistles) has lead to frequent side-tracks into the nature and necessity of perseverance in the Christian life. Here are a couple of quotes from an excellent article by Thomas Schreiner.
No genuine believer will ever apostatize. Nonetheless, the warning passages in the Scriptures are addressed to believers, and they [...]
New Thoughts on an Old Tablet
The New York Times recently ran this article about a pre-Christian tablet that speaks of a Messiah to be raised after three days. The article is interesting to me in that it points to the mixed response that evangelicals have to these sorts of things. On the one hand, it can be used to show [...]
Enjoying Wine
Despite more recent developments to the contrary, drinking and enjoying wine is still regarded as somewhat taboo in evangelical circles. In the course of preparing an article for the upcoming Baker Bible Dictionary I have found this attitude to be increasingly suprising, given the biblical evidence to the contrary. Even if we exclude all the [...]
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